{"id":233353,"date":"2026-04-03T11:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/233353\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:28:09","slug":"texas-killing-fields-update-april-3-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/233353\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Killing Fields update (April 3, 2026) \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-530383 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HMCC-Featured-Image-Dark-Blue-2025-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"A mint green skyline against a dark blue background with the words Houston Matters with Craig Cohen in white\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM. You can also <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/app1.kuhf.org\/player\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">listen online<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HoustonPublicMedia\/streams\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">watch live on YouTube<\/a>. Join the discussion. Call or text 713-440-8870. Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/shows\/houston-matters\/2026\/04\/03\/547799\/texas-killing-fields-update-april-3-2026\/mailto:talk@houstonmatters.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">talk@houstonmatters.org<\/a> or tag us <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoustonMatters\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> @HoustonMatters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday\u2019s show: We get the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/nasa\/space\/2026\/04\/02\/547963\/artemis-tracker-arow-space-moon-nasa\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">latest on the Artemis II mission<\/a> as it continues into its second full day.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/hellohouston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Also this hour: From the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.galvnews.com\/news\/prime-suspect-in-killing-fields-case-died-by-suicide-da-says\/article_bb3a8f9f-630c-4ae4-8026-719032438e38.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recent death<\/a> of a man law enforcement believed was connected to the murders of several Houston-area women, to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/crime\/2026\/04\/01\/547889\/texas-killing-fields-charges-victims-speak-out-after-new-charges\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">indictment<\/a> this week of his longtime friend for his alleged involvement, we make sense of a flood of new developments in some murder cases that have sat unsolved for decades and are considered part of the so-called \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/shows\/houston-matters\/2022\/12\/09\/439055\/why-a-stretch-of-highway-near-houston-was-ripe-to-become-the-texas-killing-fields\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Texas Killing Fields<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, from a hoax involving the death of a 193-year-old tortoise, to the case of 400,000 stolen KitKat bars, we consider <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/topics\/good-bad-ugly\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly<\/a> of the week.<\/p>\n<p>And we pay a visit to the sprawling complex of commerce that is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tradersvillage.com\/houston\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Traders Village<\/a> flea market.<\/p>\n<p>Audio from today\u2019s show will be available after 11 a.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/podcasts\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/houston-matters-podcast\/id642557771?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on iTunes<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/app.stitcher.com\/browse\/feed\/37496\/details\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stitcher<\/a> and other apps.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM. 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